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Challenge organizers and participants alike are encouraged to use the discussion board to post updates, ask questions, seek team members, and more. Each challenge will have its own discussion board, accessible in the Discussion tab.

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Post Announcements/Updates

To Often times, challenge organizers may need to send a challenge-wide announcement , e.g. deadline reminders, timeline extensions, challenge data changelog, etc, you may do so byto the challenge community, such as reminders about upcoming deadlines or announcing a timeline extension. Using the discussion board can achieve this:

1. Create a New Thread.

2. Tag the participants team so that each user on the participants team will receive an email preview of the post.

3. (Optional) Pin the post so that it will be listed first on the board:

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We recommend using the 24-hour clock when posting deadlines. This will better accommodate participants who reside in regions where the AM/PM convention is not commonly used.

Challenge Launch

Dear @AwesomeChallengePreregistrants,

We are excited to announce that the <Challenge <challenge Name> is now live! 🎉 Please visit the Challenge challenge page at <pretty link to Challenge challenge site> to register, read about the Challenge challenge data, and more.

For general questions and clarifications, please use the Discussion Board discussion board <provide link to the board> so that others can also participate and chime in.

Looking forward!

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers

Webinar

Dear @AwesomeChallengeParticipants,

We will be hosting a webinar today/tomorrow/next week, <date>, at <time including timezone>. The Zoom details are provided below:

<Zoom details>

Join us to learn more about the motivation and goals of the Challenge, as well as other general logistics such as submission format. A recording will be available for those who cannot attend within 1-2 days here <provide link to Synapse folder where video the recording will be uploaded>.

Best,

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers

Queues Are Open

Dear @AwesomeChallengeParticipants,

Starting today, you may begin submitting your file/Docker submissions for evaluation! This Challenge challenge will have n queues:

<list Evaluation queues>

As a reminder, you and your team may submit up to <submission limit> to each queue during this <round/phase>. Invalid submissions will NOT not count towards your quota. Queues will close on <date and time>.

Best,

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers

Submission Reminders

Dear @AwesomeChallengeParticipants,

Thank you all for participating!

Today is the last day for submitting your file/Docker submissions for evaluation. If you would like your predictions/model evaluated, please submit them by <date and time>. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.

Best,

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers

Timeline Extensions

Dear @AwesomeChallengeParticipants,

The submission deadline for <queues> have been extended to <date and time>. As a reminder, you and your team may submit up to <submission limit> to each queue. Feel free to reply to this thread for any questions and/or clarifications that you may have.

We look forward to your submissions!

Best,

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers

Write-ups

Dear @AwesomeChallengeParticipants,

Thank you all for your efforts and active participation in the <Challenge Name>! You've all done amazing work.

The last step is to document your submission by completing a writeup. Your writeup must also include the prediction file(s)/Docker image(s) you've submitted to the <Evaluation Queue Names> queue(s)challenge. Only one writeup is needed per team.

This is a friendly reminder that in order to be considered for any incentives for the Challengechallenge, including byline authorship and/or top-performer, your writeup must be submitted to the <Writeup Queue Name> queue by <deadline date and time>. No exceptions! For more information on how to submit your writeup, follow the tutorial here <provide link to Submission Tutorial - Writeup>. For any other questions, feel free to reply to this thread or create a new post.

Best,

@AwesomeChallengeOrganizers